As the gates of the demon town — carved with countless demonic runes — burst open with a thunderous roar, it felt as though some ancient seal had been broken. A wave of bone-chilling cold and murderous intent surged outward from within.
"What kind of place is this town? How can its presence be so overwhelming?"
"Careful — my stats are dropping!"
Compared to when they had observed the demon town from the hilltop, the aura it radiated now was on an entirely different level. What had felt like air before was now as dense and heavy as the ocean's depths. Even the Zero Wing and White Tiger members standing ready for battle at a distance couldn't help but shudder. The crushing pressure pressed down on their very nerves, leaving every face unspeakably grim.
Their stats plummeted at terrifying speed — within moments they had dropped to seventy percent, and their minds grew hazy...
However, Shi Feng, who had already stepped into the town, was not startled by this sudden change — instead, he froze for an entirely different reason.
System: Congratulations! You have discovered the Lost Town.
System: Congratulations! You have triggered the Epic Main Quest "Demon's Nest."
System: Would you like to accept this quest? If you decline, the Lost Town will vanish permanently as the broken seal collapses. You have one hour to decide. If no choice is made within that time, the system will automatically register your decision as declining the quest.
"How can there be a Lost Town here too?" Shi Feng stared at the system notification, stunned.
In the Divine Realm, apart from kingdoms, empires, and neutral towns, there existed small settlements left behind by ancient civilizations. Their history had long been lost to time, and they bore no names — such places were known as Lost Towns.
These Lost Towns were nothing like ordinary settlements. Every Lost Town carried within it the power of ancient civilizations — unique abilities that no ordinary town possessed. Some of these abilities were stronger than others, but even the weaker ones were enough to make any superpower jealous, because every single one was one of a kind in the Divine Realm. The stronger ones could even propel a first-rate guild into the ranks of the super-guilds — that was no mere dream.
It was precisely because of this that the great wars between the Divine Realm's superpowers almost always revolved around Lost Towns. To seize a Lost Town, more than ten superpowers had once fought each other in a frenzy — the spectacle and scale of it made even kingdom-level wars look like child's play.
A mere mining operation was nothing by comparison.
Shi Feng had never imagined that the Bone-Devouring Land would contain a Lost Town.
"No wonder I never heard of any town in the Bone-Devouring Land in my previous life — so this is why." Shi Feng shook his head with a bitter smile as he read the system notification.
Obtaining a Lost Town was never easy. Miss one, and it was gone for good — it would never appear again.
And that was precisely why the first group of players who had come here had failed to complete the quest, causing the Lost Town to vanish. The players who arrived afterward naturally had no idea that the Bone-Devouring Land had once held a town.
With that thought, Shi Feng accepted the quest without hesitation.
He didn't know what ability this Lost Town possessed, but turning it down would mean throwing away a tremendous opportunity for the Zero Wing Guild.
System: Congratulations! You have accepted the Epic Main Quest "Demon's Nest." Quest Objective: Collect 100 Dark Crystals within ten natural days and re-seal the dimensional anchor point. Failure: The Demon King within the dimension will mark you for endless pursuit. Your level will drop by 10, and all attributes will permanently lose 100 points. Quest rewards: Unknown.